melodymayhem

@melodymayhem@bitbang.social

Current Systems:

Dell Latitude CP D133ST - NeXTStep 4.0 Beta
Dell Latitude CP D233ST - BeOS 5.0.1
Dell Latitude CPi D400ST - Rhapsody DR2
Powerbook G3 Pismo 400MHz - Mac OS X DP2 Kodiak
iBook Dual USB TR 500MHz - Bad GPU
Power Mac G4 Gigabit DP 450MHz - Bad PSU
Powerbook G4 DVI 800MHz - Sorbet Leopard
IBM Thinkpad T22 900MHz- Windows Longhorn 4074

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melodymayhem, to Vintage

... somehow, I managed to install the wrong version of NeXTStep, and it also somehow works? How NeXTStep runs on a Pentium 2 Dixon and 440BX chipset is beyond me!

melodymayhem, to Vintage

I emerge from my introverted pit to show the newest addition to the collection!

#vintage #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retro #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #mac #macintosh #macintoshsetups #powerbook #macos #tibook

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melodymayhem, to Vintage

Forgive me daddy for I have sinned

No idea why Windows 7 is running Vista's boot screen. Sure, some of the prereleases used it, but SP1 is far removed from that–I am more surprised the assets are still intact in this copy. Maybe it doesn't like EDO RAM? /s

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melodymayhem, to Vintage

Welp...that's none too encouraging!

#vintage #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retro #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #BeOS #be #BasiliskII #68k #emulation

melodymayhem,

Ok, managed to get emulation working within BeOS, but the 233MHz Pentium MMX just isn't doing it in 68040 or 68030 emulation.

melodymayhem,

Nobody would be insane enough to upgrade their vintage machine just for better 68k emulation, right?
Right???

melodymayhem,

Lookit the tiny Pentium!

melodymayhem,

BIOS flashed and reinstalled!

melodymayhem,

@SinclairSpeccy Surprisingly not the smallest Pentium! The 250nm Tillamook Pentium MMX is 94.5mm² big, however the 280nm P54CS Pentium is only 83mm²! Even the P54C Pentium is smaller than Tillamook at 91mm².

melodymayhem,

@SinclairSpeccy However, Tillamook remains the fastest Pentium ever made, reaching a staggering 300MHz!

melodymayhem, to Vintage

Shenanigans are afoot!

melodymayhem, to Vintage

Nextstep Rhapsody shenanigans!

Nextstep Openstep 4.2
Rhapsody DR2

melodymayhem,

Hmmm, not much difference in bootloaders on the surface

Rhapsody DR1 bootloader
Nextstep Openstep 4.2 bootloader

melodymayhem,

The startup screens between builds are pretty different! I kind of wish Apple had gone with the DR1 look for OS X Server.

Rhapsody DR1 startup screen
Rhapsody DR2 startup screen

melodymayhem,

Installations are pretty similar across builds, though DR2 adds an additional page Mach terminal stage of the setup.

melodymayhem,

There is not too much difference between the driver config, save DR1.

Rhapsody DR1
Rhapsody DR2

melodymayhem,

Those OOBEs! 4.2 and DR1 are based on NeXTStep, but DR2 is a port of the assistant utility from MacOS 8.5.

Rhapsody DR1
Rhapsody DR2

melodymayhem,

@kkarhan don't forget the whole smorgasbord of Apple OSes!

melodymayhem, to ArtificialIntelligence

And now...something different!

melodymayhem,

@kkarhan Right??? Drives me mad, but most art directors and set decorators are gunning for aesthetic over realism.

melodymayhem,

@kkarhan aesthetic sells

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melodymayhem,

@kkarhan That's pretty much the gist of it!

melodymayhem,

@ClipHead @kkarhan Yep! The balancing act leads to a feedback loop where the need for aesthetics from the art department sets audience expectations, which in turn further veers away from realism. The pursuit of artistic aesthetics fueled by unrealistic audience expectations leads to props like this. What is it supposed to represent? Who knows! (It's still admittedly fun to work on and see it on the big screen)

melodymayhem,

@kkarhan @ClipHead I mean that'd be cool if it were the case! The prop in question was designed for a lab set–and story-wise, the lab wasn't supposed to be anywhere near a body of water. In this case, it's just the art department having some fun lol.

melodymayhem, to Vintage

Rhapsody in stereo!

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melodymayhem,

@helge Yellowbox is Apple's rebrand of the NeXTStep openstep API and framework, which evoled and went on to become the modern day cocoa API and framework! Yellowbox is the progenitor for a substantial portion of MacOS, iOS, iPad OS, and watchOS.

melodymayhem,

@helge I still can't get over how wild it is that Apple was considering having their freshly purchased $400k framework and API run on other OSes! Or even their OS running on the PC! The contrast between the Apple of the 90s and the Apple of today is staggering.

melodymayhem,

@helge Really? I thought there was a whole bit with a WWDC demo showing off yellowbox on Windows? But yeah, Next really shackled themselves down with their pricing and HW choices. Solid APIs and OS only go so far if you can't get developers on board.

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